Door or window construction



March 19, 1946. w. L. GOULD DOOR OR WINDOW CONSTRUCTiON Filed March 20, 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet l March 19, 1946. w GOULD 2,396,648

DOOR OR WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed March 20; 1944 "s Sheets-Sheet 2 'Inventor Attorneys March 19, 1946. w. L. GOULD DOOR 0R WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed March 20 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 I In ventor WzZZzdm Z. 622174 Patented Mar. 19, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE noon on WINDOW CONSTRUCTION William L. Gould, Albany, N. Y. Application March 20, 1944, Serial No. 527,272

Claims. (01. 1609l) This invention relatesto door or window construction, and has more particular reference to a construction wherein the door or window consists of a panel fitted or mounted in the door or window frame, said panel including an outer frame-like panel member having spaced division bars that divide the same so as to provide intermediate and end openings therein, a single glazed sash fitting and mounted in the intermediate opening, screens mounted in the end openings, and openable closure panels for the end openings, whereby the door or window may be conditioned solely for the admission of light, or for the admission of both light and air for ventilation, in a convenient manner without the employment of swinging or sliding sashes or the use of screens in the sash opening. 3

The present invention accordingly provides a door or window construction wherein the glazed sash and screens remain the same at all timesso that no changes thereof are necessary for different seasons, it being simply necessary to open the closure panels for the screen openings when ventilation is desired and to close them when ventilation is not desired.

A more specific object of the present invention is to provide a door or window construction lowing description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view showing a window construction embodying the present invention, the closure panels for the screen openings being open.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the closure panels closed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal section, partly broken away, and taken on the plane of line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 taken on line d-d of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a view somewhat similar to Figure 1,'oi' a door construction embodying the present invention, one of the closure panels being closed, and the other being open.

- tion and illustrating a means for locking the same in such closed position.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary section taken on line 9-9 of Figure 8. I

Referring in detail to Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings, there is shown a window construction including a panel 5 fitted in the window opening of a window frame 8 and including an outer frame-like panel member 1 having spaced division bars or mullions 8 that provide the frame-like panel member 1' with a relatively large intermediate opening and narrower end openings at opposite sides of the intermediate opening. Fitted and secured in, as well as completely filling, the intermediate opening of panel mem-. ber 1 is a single glazed sash 9, and secured or mounted in the end or side openings of panel member I are ordinary window screen panels l0 that extend the full length and width of said end or side openings of panel member 1. Closure panels II are provided for the end or side openings of panel member I, and these are hinged, as

. at l 2, to swing away from the sash 9 to open position. Preferably, the meeting longitudinal edges of mullions 8 and closure panels H are rabbeted, as at I3 and Hill, and the panels I l are hinged to the frame-like panel member 1 so that when the closure panels H are closed, they will be flush with the adjacent. surface a of the panel member I, as illustrated in Figure 4.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the window construction is such that the sash 9 and screens l0 may remain in place at all times, the closure panels ll being simply opened when ventilation is desired and being closed when ventilation is not desired. A single sash Bis provided in the glazed portion of the window so that sliding or'swinging sashes are not necessary, and there is no need to provide screens in the sash receiving opening. v Referring to Figures 5 to 'l,'inclusive, there is shown a door construction in which the door includes a frame-like panel member la. The door or panel proper is mounted in the door opening of a frame 6 by means of hinges I4, and is generally indicated by the reference character 5a. The frame-like panel member la is provided with spaced division bars or'transoms 8a that provide said panel member la with a relatively large in- A single glazed sash 9a is fitted and secured in the intermediate opening, and the end openings are provided with full length and full width screens Illa. The end openings of the framelike panel member 1a are provided with hinged closure panels Ila whose mounting hinges [2a are arranged so that the panels Ila swing away from the sash 9a to open position. Also, the frame-like member To may have a recess l5 to receive each closure panel lie when the latter is fully opened, so that said closure panel may be disposed flush with the adjacent surface of the frame-like panel member Ia, as shown in Figure 6. With this arrangement, the rail to which the closure panel--lla is hinged is of a width narrower than the thickness of the panel member 1a, and the division bar or transom 8a is rabbeted at l3 so that the closure panel He may swing wholly within the panel member 1a to closed position, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 6.

The closure panels ll or Ila may be located either on the exterior or interior side of the window or door, as preferred. When the closure panels are arranged on the exterior side of the window or door, they are preferably provided with suitable operating means whereby the same may be operated from a point in the building equipped with the door or window construction. Such operating means are more or less conventional in connection with exterior window shutters, and illustration thereof herein is not necessary.

Also, when the closure panels are on the exterior side of the door' or window, they may be provided with suitable means for locking them in closed position from the interior of the building. One suitable form of such locking means is illustrated in Figures 8 and 9, wherein the division bar 80, has a spindle l6 journaled therein, said spindle being fitted ina socket provided in the inner side of the bar 8d and having a head I! countersunk in a counterbored inner end portion of said socket, said head 11 being formed with a polygonal socket l8 to receive an actuating wrench or the like. The outer end of spindle I6 is provided with a lateral pin l9 that is positionable to project into a groove of the closure panel Ha to lock the latter closed. The groove 20 is provided in the free longitudinal edge of the closure panel He, and pin is may be moved from this groove into a recess 2| of the division bar 8a when it is desired to unlock the closure panel Ha. This will be clear from a consideration of Figure8 in connection with Figure 9. Thus, a person within the building may insert the squared end of a wrench in the socket l8 pro-' vided in the head [1 of spindle l6, so as to rotate the latter and swing the pin l9 to either looking or released position.

The, closurepanels II or He may be opaque or in the form of solid wooden or like strips, or they may .be transparent or glazed panels, depending upon whether or not it is desired to have them transmit light when closed to exclude the admission of air.

In the construction of windows, the screened openings are preferably provided at the sides of .the glazed sash, as shown in Figure 1, whereas in door construction, they are preferably provided above and below the glazed sash. Otherwise, the door and window constructions are of essentially similar nature.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction and manner of use, as well as the advantages of the present invention, will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.- Minor changes in details of construction illustrated and described are contemplated, such as clearly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In a construction of the character described comprising a frame; a panel mounted in said frame,-said panel comprising an outer frame-like panel member having spaced division bars dividing the same into an intermediate and end openings, a single glazed sash fitted in and completely closing the intermediate opening, screens mounted in and completely covering the end openings, and openable closures for said end openings.

2. In a construction of the character described comprising a frame; a panel mounted in said frame, said panel comprising an outer frame-like panel member having spaced division bars dividing the same into an intermediate and end openings, a single glazed sash fitted in and completely closing the intermediate opening, screens mounted in and completely covering the end openings, and openable closures for said end openings, said closures comprising panels hinged to the outer frame-like panel member at the outer sides of said end openings to swing away from the sash to open position.

3. In a construction of the character described comprising a frame; a panel mounted in said frame, said panel comprising an outer frame-like panel member having spaced division bars dividing the same into an intermediate and end openings, asingle glazed sash fitted in and completely closing the intermediate opening, screens mounted in and completely covering the end openings, and openable closures for said end openings, said closures comprising panels hinged to the outer frame-like panel member at the outer sides of said end openings to swing away from the sash to open position, said outer frame-like panel member having recesses in a face thereof to receive the closures when the latter are fully opened.

4. In a window construction comprising a frame; a window including a panel fitted in said frame, said panel including an outer frame-like panel member having spaced mullions dividing the same into a relatively wide intermediate opening and narrower side openings, at single glazed sash fitted in and completely closing the intermediate opening, screens mounted in and completely covering the side openings, and horizontally swinging closure panels for said side openings hinged to the frame-like panel member at the outer sides of said side openings to swing away from said sash to open position.

'5: In a door construction comprising a frame; a door panel mounted in said frame, said door panel comprising an outer frame-like panel member provided with spaced transoms dividing the same into an intermediate relatively large opening and narrower upper and lower openings, a single glazed sash fitted in and completely closing the intermediate opening, screens mounted in and completely covering the upper and lower openings, and hinged closure panels for said end openings movable away from the sash to open position, said frame-like panel member having recesses to receive said closure panels when opened.

WILLIAM L. GOULD. 

